Glossary Terms:

  • Anti-Semitism: Anti-semitic is prejudice or hostility towards Jews

  • Kristallnacht:

  • Ghettos:

  • Genocide:

  • the Final Solution:

  • Gas Chambers

  • Concentration Camps:







Jigsaw Activity: How were the Jews and other minority groups persecuted?

1. You will each be put into group of 3 and assigned a 'PERSECUTION METHOD' from the table below:
Persecution method
What was it?
How did it affect the target group?
Kristallnacht

Nazi Ghettos

Nazi Forced Labour

Nazi Death Marches

Nazi Killing Centres

Nazi Euthanasia Program

Nazi Concentration Camps

Final Solution


2. As a group read through your passage, highlight and summarise into 10 dot points on the reverse side of the handout;

3. As a group answer the question that follows on your handout;

4. Follow the next step in constructing a focussed paragraph about the topic;

5. Now conduct some research online to find AT LEAST 5 photos/images of your topic and 3 text sources that corroborate (support) the information you have read. (don't lose them you need them for step 6)

6. At this stage, you will need to use all your work (early reading and research) to fill in the table above responding to the 2 questions at the top of the table using the combination of imagery and text. (DON'T FORGET TO CLICK SAVE WHEN COMPLETED)

EXTENSION (if time): Use all your research to create a photo collage (with explanations) of your topic. You may use ANIMOTO or any other software you are confident with.